Traveston Dam Timeline
The Queensland Government has released the proposed timeline for the Traveston Dam.
The proposed dam project timeframe is as follows:
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·Commence detailed environmental studies by August 2006
·Project of significance declaration by end 2006
·Draft Environmental Impact Study (EIS) Terms of Reference prepared by late 2006
·Commonwealth (Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act) referral by end 2006
·More detailed dam design is ongoing
·More detailed affected infrastructure design is ongoing
·EIS research, monitoring, reporting to be conducted during 2007
·EIS available for comment by early 2008
·State and Commonwealth assessment by mid 2008
·Tendering for construction by early 2009
·Construction commences by mid 2009
·Construction complete by end 2011
Of course the dam has to ‘pass’ the environmental studies but you do have to wonder whether that’s just a foregone conclusion when the Premier declares that the ‘the dam WILL be built”.
